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Professional Ajax 2nd Edition provides a developer-level tutorial of Ajax techniques, patterns, and use cases. The book begins by exploring the roots of Ajax, covering how the evolution of the web and new technologies directly led to the development of Ajax techniques. A detailed discussion of how frames, JavaScript, cookies, XML, and XMLHttp requests (XHR) related to Ajax is included. After this introduction, the book moves on to cover the implementation of specific Ajax techniques. Request brokers such as hidden frames, dynamic iframes, and XHR are compared and contrasted, explaining when one method should be used over another. To make this discussion clearer, a brief overview of HTTP requests and responses is included.

Once a basic understanding of the various request types is discussed, the book moves on to provide in-depth examples of how and when to use Ajax in a web site or web application. Different data transmission formats, including plain text, HTML, XML, and JSON are discussed for their advantages and disadvantages. Also included is a discussion on web services and how they may be used to perform Ajax techniques. Next, more complex topics are covered. A chapter introducing a request management framework explores how to manage all of the requests inside of an Ajax application. Ajax debugging techniques are also discussed.

The last part of the book walks through the creation of two full-fledged Ajax web applications. The first, FooReader.NET, is an Ajax-powered RSS reader. The second, called AjaxMail, is an Ajax-enabled email system. Both of these applications incorporate many of the techniques discussed throughout the book.

Professional Ajax 2nd edition is written for Web application developers looking to enhance the usability of their web sites and web applications and intermediate JavaScript developers looking to further understand the language. Readers should have familiarity with XML, XSLT, Web Services, PHP or C#, HTML, CSS. This book is not aimed at beginners without a basic understanding of the aforementioned technologies. Also, a good understanding of JavaScript is vitally important to understanding this book. Those readers without such knowledge should instead refer to books such as Beginning JavaScript, Second Edition (Wrox, 2004, ISBN: 978-0-7645-5587-9) and Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox, 2005, ISBN: 978-0-7645-7908-0).

Professional Ajax 2nd edition adds nearly 200 pages of new and expanded coverage compared to the first edition. Some of the new topics covered here include:

• Ajax Libraries including the Yahoo! Connection Manager, Prototype, and jQuery
• Request Management with Priority Queues and the RequestManager Object
• Comet push-based web systems and HTTP streaming
• Maps and Mashups with Geocoding, Google Maps API and Yahoo! Maps API
• Ajax Debugging with FireBug and Microsoft Fiddler

  ASP.NET AJAX Extensions (formerly code-named "Atlas")

And of course the Second Edition retains and updates the core first edition content including:

• the range of request brokers (including the hidden frame technique, iframes, and XMLHttp) and explains when one should be used over another
• different Ajax techniques and patterns for executing client-server communication
• Ajax patterns including predictive fetch, page preloading, submission throttling, incremental field and form validation, periodic refresh, multi-stage download and more
• Syndication with RSS, Atom, and XParser
• JSON and creating an autosuggest textbox example
• web site widgets for a news ticker, weather information, web search, and site search
• Ajax Frameworks JSpan, DWR, and Ajax.NET Professional
• A Web-based RSS/Atom aggregator case study
• An AjaxMail case study

This book is also available as part of the 4-book JavaScript and Ajax Wrox Box (ISBN: 0470227818). This 4-book set includes:

• Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (ISBN: 0764579088)
• Professional Ajax 2nd edition (ISBN: 0470109491)
• Professional Web 2.0 Programming (ISBN: 0470087889)
• Professional Rich Internet Applications: Ajax and Beyond (ISBN: 0470082801)

ASP.NET AJAX (formerly code-named ‘Atlas’) will provide a unified set of development tools within Visual Studio for rapid AJAX application development. For the first time AJAX applications can be developed seamlessly in conjunction with their supporting technologies of ASP.NET, SQL Server and Visual Studio. This is a break-through that is going to have enormous impact on the development world – as the success of the first edition of this book has shown.

Written by the author and technical reviewer of Apress’ successful Foundations of Atlas and Foundations of WPF titles, this book gives readers a deep and detailed grounding in how ASP.NET AJAX works. It takes readers swiftly through the first principals of AJAX, and deep into the heart of the technology. By the end of the book readers will know everything that they need to confidently produce cutting-edge ASP.NET AJAX applications swiftly and professionally.

This book will be based on the final full release candidate of ASP.NET AJAX as it is integrated into Visual Studio 'Orcas'.

Fun with Silverlight 4: Illustrated Guide to Rich Internet Applications with Examples in C#, ASP.NET, XAML, Media, Webcam, AJAX, REST & Web Services
This book illustrates more than 100 features in Silverlight using a simple problem/solution approach. It takes one feature at a time and guides you in progressive journey where you begin by using the basic components, then by creating graphics and animations. You then create rich media applications on the client and web services, and delve into calling advanced Web services like AJAX, REST and WCF services from Silverlight.
In the Book
Design a Rich Internet Application
Extend the Control Framework
Create Compelling Graphics
Work with Animation
Extend the Browser Programming Model
Bring Data Visualization to the Web
Develop with ASP.NET and Ajax
Work with Web Services
Create Rich Silverlight Media Applications
Deliver Enhanced and Interactive Streaming Video Experiences
The book assumes the reader has a basic understanding of web technologies and .Net programming languages, and is targeted at the intermediate to advanced Silverlight developer.
The book takes an example approach for all problems and features, and illustrates with class diagrams what objects and methods are used and how the elements of a Silverlight project are created in easy to understand format.

There has been a huge surge in interest in ‘Web 2.0’ technologies over the last couple of years. Microsoft’s contribution to this area has been the ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight technologies, coupled to a supporting framework of ancillary tools.

This book aims to be a no nonsense introduction to these technologies for the rapidly growing number of people who are realizing that they need Microsoft-based‘Web 2.0’ skills on their CV. It gives people a grounding in the core concepts of the technologies and shows how they can be used together to produce the results that people need.

• Ajax is one of the hottest changes in Web development methods in years; Microsoft's ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX (formerly known as "Atlas") provides Ajax add-ins for ASP.NET developers, and this comprehensive Wrox reference offers coverage of all the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX pieces
• Readers will find the hands-on, code-based technical discussions they need on ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX client-side Framework, writing OO-style JavaScript code, using ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX client-side controls, ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX XML, and advanced ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX topics including how ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX uses the ASP.NET 2.0 server control architecture
• ASP.NET developers will learn to add Ajax techniques into the ASP.NET applications by prebuilding some of the underlying components and using a standardized tool-set

This Wrox Blox covers how to get from ASP.NET 2.0 to ASP.NET 3.5 from three of the most respected ASP.NET experts: Bill Evjen, Scott Hanselman, and Devin Rader. It contains more than 200 pages from 5 chapters, and 1 appendix, of their new book: Professional ASP.NET 3.5. These selected chapters feature the key new ASP.NET 3.5 functionality, including LINQ, ASP.NET with IIS7, CSS in ASP.NET, and ASP.NET AJAX, as well as migrating ASP.NET 2.0 projects to 3.5. If you’re already an ASP.NET 2.0 professional, this is a great shortcut to get up-to-speed fast on just the newest features in ASP.NET 3.5. And, as in the book, Professional ASP.NET 3.5, the code examples are provided in both C# and VB.

Table of Contents

Chapter 9: Querying with LINQ 455

LINQ to Objects 455

Traditional Query Methods 455

Replacing Traditional Queries with LINQ 464

Data Grouping 472

Other LINQ Operators 473

LINQ Joins 473

Paging Using LINQ 475

LINQ to XML 476

Joining XML Data 479

LINQ to SQL 481

Insert, Update, and Delete Queries through LINQ 490

Extending LINQ 494

Summary 495

Chapter 11: IIS7 557

Modular Architecture of IIS7 557

IIS-WebServer 558

IIS-WebServerManagementTools 561

IIS-FTPPublishingService 562

Extensible Architecture of IIS7 562

IIS7 and ASP.NET Integrated Pipeline 562

Building a Customized Web Server 564

Update Dependencies 565

Installing IIS7 on Windows Vista 565

Installing IIS7 on Windows Server 2008 565

Command-Line Setup Options 567

Unattended Setup Option 568

Upgrade 569

Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 569

Application Pools 570

Web Sites 575

Hierarchical Configuration 577

Delegation 581

Moving an Application from IIS6 to IIS7 584

Summary 586

Chapter 18: HTML and CSS Design with ASP.NET 861

Caveats 862

HTML and CSS Overview 862

Introducing CSS 863

Creating Style Sheets 863

CSS Rules 866

CSS Inheritance 875

Element Layout and Positioning 876

Working with HTML and CSS in Visual Studio 884

ASP.NET 2.0 CSS–Friendly Control Adapters 893

Summary 893

Chapter 19: ASP.NET AJAX 895

Understanding the Need for AJAX 895

Before AJAX 896

AJAX Changes the Story 897

ASP.NET AJAX and Visual Studio 2008 899

Client-Side Technologies 900

Server-Side Technologies 900

Developing with ASP.NET AJAX 901

ASP.NET AJAX Applications 902

Building a Simple ASP.NET Page Without AJAX 904

Building a Simple ASP.NET Page with AJAX 906

ASP.NET AJAX’s Server-Side Controls 911

The ScriptManager Control 912

The ScriptManagerProxy Control 914

The Timer Control 916

The UpdatePanel Control 917

The UpdateProgress Control 922

Using Multiple UpdatePanel Controls 925

Summary 928

Chapter 20: ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit 929

Downloading and Installing 929

New Visual Studio Templates 931

Adding the New Controls to the VS2008 Toolbox 932

The ASP.NET AJAX Controls 934

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Extenders 937

AlwaysVisibleControlExtender 937

AnimationExtender 939

AutoCompleteExtender 941

CalendarExtender 944

CollapsiblePanelExtender 946

ConfirmButtonExtender and ModalPopupExtender 947

DragPanelExtender 950

DropDownExtender 951

DropShadowExtender 953

DynamicPopulateExtender 956

FilteredTextBoxExtender 959

HoverMenuExtender 961

ListSearchExtender 962

MaskedEditExtender and MaskedEditValidator 964

MutuallyExclusiveCheckBoxExtender 967

NumericUpDownExtender 968

PagingBulletedListExtender 969

PopupControlExtender 970

ResizableControlExtender 972

RoundedCornersExtender 975

SliderExtender 976

SlideShowExtender 977

TextBoxWatermarkExtender 979

ToggleButtonExtender 982

UpdatePanelAnimationExtender 983

ValidatorCalloutExtender 984

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Server Controls 985

Accordion Control 986

NoBot Control 988

PasswordStrength Control 990

Rating Control 991

TabContainer Control 993

Summary 994

Appendix A: Migrating Older ASP.NET Projects 1567

Migrating Is Not Difficult 1567

Running Multiple Versions of the Framework Side by Side 1568

Upgrading Your ASP.NET Applications 1568

When Mixing Versions — Forms Authentication 1570

Upgrading — ASP.NET Reserved Folders 1571

ASP.NET 3.5 Pages Come as XHTML 1571

No Hard-Coded .js Files in ASP.NET 3.5 1573

Converting ASP.NET 1.x Applications in Visual Studio 2008 1574

Migrating from ASP.NET 2.0 to 3.5 1580

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There are several new features that are included with ASP.NET 3.5 Service Pack 1. This Wrox Blox reviews these new features. These include Support History and the Back Button with ASP.NET AJAX, making your AJAX pages faster through script combining, and the ability to easily create web pages that users can perform basic CRUD operations with named Dynamic Data. In addition, this Wrox Blox covers routing with Web Forms—Routing is a part of ASP.NET MVC that should be out in 2009. (It is not exclusively the domain of MVC.) Service Pack 1 includes support for routing. In addition, this Wrox Blox covers jQuery—While not technically a part of Service Pack 1, Microsoft released support for jQuery within ASP.NET at the same approximate time as Service Pack 1.

Table of Contents

AJAX History 4

UpdatePanel 4

Web Services 6

Script Combining 11

ScriptReferenceProfiler 12

Combining Script 13

jQuery 14

Routing 17

WAP 17

File-Based Web Site 19

Entity Framework 20

Dynamic Data 23

ADO.NET Data Services 28

ChangeInterceptor 33

QueryInterceptor 33

Caching 33

Other Features and Bug Fixes 35

Summary 36

References 36

About Wallace B. McClure 37

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ASP.NET allows web sites to display unique pages for each visitor rather than show the same static HTML pages. The release of ASP.NET 2.0 is a revolutionary leap forward in the area of web application development. It brings with it a wealth of new and exciting built-in functions that reduce the amount of code you'll need to write for even the most common applications.
With more than 50 new server controls, the number of classes inside ASP.NET 2.0 has more than doubled, and in many cases, the changes in this new version are dramatic. This book will alert you to every new feature and capability that ASP.NET 2.0 provides so that you'll be prepared to put these new technologies into action. Greatly expanded from the original best-selling Professional ASP.NET 2.0, this new special edition adds hundreds of pages of new coverage of advanced and new techniques relating to data and data sources, the provider model, personalization, membership, role management, localization, configuration, migration, and Altas.
Bonus CD-ROM and DVD
* The bonus DVD includes a 180-day trial of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional
* The accompanying CD-ROM features a valuable library of chapters from other key Wrox books. It contains more than 1,000 pages from more than 15 Wrox ASP.NET 2.0, C# 2005, VB 2005, .NET 2.0, and SQL Server 2005 books.
What you will learn from this book
* The idea of the server control and its pivotal role in ASP.NET development
* How to create templated ASP.NET pages using the new master page feature
* Techniques for debugging and handling errors
* How to work with data from enterprise databases including SQL Server 2005 and Oracle(r)
* Ways to package and deploy ASP.NET applications
* How to retrieve, update, and delete data quickly and logically
* How to implement the cultures and regions features to localize your web site into multiple languages for different visitors
* How to use the new "Altas" add-in for ASP.NET 2.0 to add Ajax-style capabilities to your ASP.NET applications
* An understanding of how to use and extend the new pro?vider model for accessing data stores, processes, and more
* How to keep track of your application's performance and health with new monitoring tools
* When and how to migrate your ASP.NET 1.x applications to 2.0
Who this book is for
This book is for experienced programmers and developers who are looking to make the transition to ASP.NET 2.0.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

This book is also available as part of the 5-book ASP.NET 2.0 Wrox Box (ISBN: 0-470-11757-5). This 5-book set includes:

• Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition (ISBN: 0-470-04178-1)
• ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming: Problem - Design - Solution (ISBN: 0764584642 )
• Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Security, Membership, and Role Management (ISBN: 0764596985)
• Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control and Component Development (ISBN: 0471793507)
• ASP.NET 2.0 MVP Hacks and Tips (ISBN: 0764597663)
• CD-ROM with more than 1000 pages of bonus chapters from 15 other .NET 2.0 and SQL Server(TM) 2005 Wrox books
• DVD with 180-day trial version of Microsoft(r) Visual Studio(r) 2005 Professional Edition

This unique book takes good ASP.NET (MVC/Webforms) application construction one step further by emphasizing loosely coupled and highly cohesive ASP.NET web application architectural design. Each chapter
addresses a layer in an enterprise ASP.NET (MVC/Webforms) application and shows how proven patterns, principles, and best practices can be leveraged to solve problems and improve the design of your code. In addition, a professional-level, end-to-end case study is used to show how to use best practice design patterns and principles in a real website.
Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns:

• All patterns and principles are applicable to ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web forms
• Demonstrates how to use the Gang of Four design patterns to improve your ASP.NET code
• Shows how Fowler's Enterprise patterns and the S.O.L.I.D. design principles fit into an enterprise-level ASP.NET site
• Provides details on how to layer an ASP.NET application and separate your concerns and responsibilities
• Details AJAX patterns using JQuery and Json, and messaging patterns with WCF
• Shares best practice tools for ASP.NET such as AutoMapper, NHibernate, StructureMap, Entity Framework, and Castle MonoRail
• Uncovers tips for separating a site's UX and presentation layer using MVC, MVP and the Front Controller patterns
• Features code examples that are applicable to all versions of ASP.NET

This book features C# code examples in ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web forms.
Stay up to date with the latest case study ASP.NET MVC C# code used in the book at the project home page aspnetdesignpatterns.codeplex.com/.
Contents:
Part 1: Introducing Patterns & Design Principles
1. The Pattern for successful applications
2. Dissecting the Patterns Pattern
Part 2: The Anatomy of an ASP.NET Application: Learning and Applying Patterns
3. Layering Your Application
4. Business Logic Layer: Organisation
5. Business Logic Layer: Patterns
6. Service Layer
7. Data Access Layer
8. Presentation Layer
9. User Experience Layer
Part 3: Case Study: The Online E-Commerce Store (ASP.NET MVC 2 in C#)
10. Requirements & Infrastructure
11. Product Catalogue Browsing
12. Shopping Basket
13. Membership
14. Ordering and Payment

AJAX Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked is a perfect companion to stand ahead above the rest in today’s competitive job market. Rather than going through comprehensive, textbook-sized reference guides, this book includes only the information required immediately for job search to build an IT career. This book puts the interviewee in the driver's seat and helps them steer their way to impress the interviewer. Includes: a) 200 AJAX Interview Questions, Answers and Proven Strategies for getting hired as an IT professional b) Dozens of examples to respond to interview questions c) 51 HR Questions with Answers and Proven strategies to give specific, impressive, answers that help nail the interviews d) 2 Aptitude Tests download available on www.vibrantpublishers.com